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आवलिअसंखभागणवाहिदपल्लूणसायरद्धछिदा। बादरतेगणिभजलवादाणं चरिम सायरं पुगणं ॥ २१३ ॥ अावल्यसंख्यभागेनावहितपल्योनसागरार्धच्छेदाः । बादरतेपनिभूजलवातानां चरमः सागरः पूर्णः ॥ २१३ ॥
213. (The quotient of) the Palya divided by innumerabie parts of an Avali subtracted (once, twice, thrice, 4th and 5th times from a Sagara is the number of Ardhachhedas (successive divisions by2) respectively of gross fire, nonhost individuals, host individuals, earth, and water (souls) and (the number of) Ardhachhedas of gross air (souls) (is) the last, i.e. full Sagar.
Commentary. Ardhachhedas - the number of times that a given number can be halved as the Ardhachheda of 4 is 2, of 8 is 3, of 16 is 4, of 32 is 5, and 64 is 6 etc. For Ságara see Gem Dictionary Appendix D.
Ávali Let
X; Ságar; -s. Palya=P Asankhyata Then number of halvings of gross-fire-bodied souls =s -
Non-group mono-souled
Group
Earth bodied ... Water , ...
Air तेवि विसेसेणहिया पल्लासंखेजभागमेत्तण । तम्हा ते रासीओ असंखलोगेण गुणिदकमा ॥ २१४॥ तेपि विशेषेणाधिकाः पल्यासंख्यातभागमात्रेण । तस्मात्ते राशयोऽसंख्यलोकेन गुणितक्रमाः ॥ २१४ ॥ .
214. Even those (i, e.) the number of the above six Ardhachhedas (beginning from the fire-bodied beings)
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